JIM GAFFIGAN is a New York Times bestselling author, comedian, actor, and executive producer of The Jim Gaffigan Show. When he is not eating in airports before flying to some city to eat and do stand-up comedy, he overeats in New York City and also lives there with his five young children and much smarter and thinner wife, Jeannie.

Though he grew up in a large Irish-Catholic family, Jim was
satisfied with the nomadic, nocturnal life of a standup comedian,
and was content to be "that weird uncle who lives in an apartment
by himself in New York that everyone in the family speculates
about.

“What are my qualifications to write this book. None
really. So why should you read it. Here’s why. I’m a
little fat. If a thin guy were to write about a love of food and
eating I’d highly recommend that you do not read his
book.